Benoit St.
Denis believes Justin
Gaethje is one of the only fighters in the UFC who is durable
enough to go toe-to-toe with him.
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St. Denis pulled off his fifth consecutive stoppage win with a
brutal first-round KO over lightweight veteran Matt
Frevola at UFC 295 on Nov. 11. While St. Denis put all
lightweights elites on notice in his post-fight interview, Justin
Gaethje, who was present cageside, was shown on a split screen
as “God of War” called him out.
St. Denis recently shared on „The
MMA Hour” that Gaethje remains his primary focus, as he expects
that a clash against “The Highlight” would turn out to be quite
memorable.
“It is a fight I want to have,” St. Denis said. “It’s at the top of
the list, of course. It’s not his fault, but I do believe they are
going to make [Islam] Makhachev against [Charles] Oliveira. Gaethje
is a warrior, he likes activity, but he will have to fight again
and big dates are coming next year, and he has already (defeated)
Dustin
Poirier, he has been defeating a lot of tough guys, and I do
believe this is a fight for the BMF [title] and he has the chin to
make it a war. Because you can have tough guys, but if they don’t
have the chin, with me, it’s not going to make it.
“I do believe we both have a chin that we can crack a couple of
times, and if people want a violent fight and fight that could be
history, I think that’s the fight to make. I do believe we can have
a fight that is going to be crazy. Crazy scrambles, crazy punching
exchanges. I have a lot of respect for him, but I do believe he
will have to fight before getting the title because of this
Islam
Makhachev and Oliveira stuff, and Islam doesn’t fight this much
so he will have to wait a lot. If he wants a war, anywhere, I’m for
it.”